60th Anniversary Celebration

The date has been finalized for our 60th anniversary celebration. It will be Saturday, August 26th, 2023. There is already a troop campfire being planned for that evening since the boys and leaders will be holding their annual planning campout that weekend. Alumni/adults are encouraged to participate and we have room on the property for any adults or alumni who might want to camp overnight . Events planned included: Presentation a new Troop flag (with 60-year patch), Memorabilia Tent/Museum/Slideshow, Woggle making workshop. Suggestions are also welcomed.

I’m asking that everyone who receives this email and knows past members that have not been recently active to please contact them and tell them if they want to be kept advised about this event, they can send me an email at john@gollners.com along with their preferred email address and their current phone number. I will be happy to add them to a “60th only” mailing list.

Pictures or short videos that anyone thinks might be of interest can be sent to the scout hut (5742 East Cherokee Drive, Canton, 30115), or emailed to me and I will make them available.

John Gollner
404.229.2080
john@gollners.com

Troop 465 History Project

John Ballard, Nancy Wick, and Dan Warner, along with several others have completed this December 2018 edition of "A Brief History of Troop 465; the First Fifty-Five Years". It's 222 pages which covers 1963 -2018.

Here's a brief history of the Troop as remembered by David Callahan, Assistant Scoutmaster 1963 – 1965, Scoutmaster 1965 - 1966.
A Brief History of Boy Scout Troop 465 by David Callahan

With many of you helping (both past and present Troop members and families) this can be a very rewarding project!!!

Please submit your items to Dan Warner at dfwarner2013@gmail.com, or call him at 850 420 4491, or stop by the Scout hut on Monday nights.

Thank you for your assistance,

Troop 465 History Committee

The purpose of the Boy Scouts of America, incorporated on February 8, 1910, and chartered by Congress in 1916, is to:

Provide an educational program for boys and young adults to build character.

Train in the responsibilities of participating citizenship.

Develop personal fitness.

How you can get involved:

JOIN as a youth member with Troop 465.

VOLUNTEER as a Troop Committee member or Assistant Scoutmaster

GIVE to 465 Alumni Inc. to support Troop 465's sponsor.

  Serving youth for over 50 years, Troop 465 has had a proud heritage of molding boys into men according to the criteria listed above. Our Scoutmaster Emeritus, George Lingefelt, say's "If you want boys to become leaders, you have to train them and then let them lead", and thus began our "boy-lead troop" mind set. Jason Norred is our current Scoutmaster and passes these skills on. In fact, Scoutmaster Norred is only our 8th Scoutmaster since 1963.

Since 1996, the Troop Sponsor has been 465 Alumni, Inc., dba Friends of Troop 465, a non-profit organization specifically enacted to support Troop 465 both financially and philosophically. Troop 465 has a permanent Scout Hut, on over 3 acres, thanks to the generosity and foresight of 465 Alumni, Inc.

Troop 465 is unique because of the tremendous support from our members and their families. If you would like more information about joining troop 465, please click here.